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...“The unwinding of these factors suggests that global food disinflation will probably continue.”...
...However, the food industry on Monday warned of a shortage of sugar in Europe and said Ukrainian imports were needed....
...The BRC, which produces the figures with the consumer insight company NielsenIQ, said that food and non-food prices both fell month on month by 0.3 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively....
...Official food price inflation fell to 6.9 per cent in January, from a 45-year high of 19.1 in March 2023 when commodity costs surged after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine sent global supply chains...
...“Addressing food insecurity is a national emergency,” said Ehiremen....
...Farming groups have argued that the Environmental Land Management schemes risk reducing food self-sufficiency at a time when climate change and the war in Ukraine are hitting global supply....
...The food and drink sector employs a total of 4.2mn people in the UK, with global exports of food, feed and drink worth a total of £25bn in 2022, according to government statistics....
...British government plans to require all meat and dairy products sold in the UK to be labelled “Not for EU” consumption will raise food costs, hit exports and deter investment in domestic food manufacturing...
...Meanwhile, in poor countries the climate crisis is causing food shortages and increasing numbers of people are trying to survive by migrating....
...Wholesale energy and food prices soared last summer following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022....
...The loser in this will be British consumers, facing higher prices for everyday foods and reduced choice,” he said....
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...Brussels has long resisted pressure from Poland and the Baltic states to restrict Russian and Belarusian imports, arguing that such a move could disrupt global food markets and hurt developing nations....
...If it can do so, El Fali and OCP believe Africa can “really become the breadbasket of the world, not only to ensure its own food security, but also to contribute to relieving the global food security challenge...
...“They’ve included specialised nutrition in their target and that’s a problem for us,” said Maria Larsson Ortino, senior global ESG manager at Legal & General Investment Management....
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...Jakobsdóttir’s comments come amid concerns about food security in Europe as big agricultural exporters such as France and the Netherlands try to find ways to balance food production with the need to meet...
...The researchers said the report, which draws on existing scientific literature while also modelling the current and future impact of global food systems, was the most ambitious study of food systems economics...
...The EU is poised to impose a de facto ban on the use of most plastic recycled outside the bloc in packaging for food and drink products after a last-minute push by France to amend a flagship law, according...
...Global food prices have been rising in recent years spurred by the war in Ukraine, which has disrupted supply chains and led to higher grocery bills, hitting the poorest hardest....
...“The global shocks are unwinding and we are not seeing a lot of sticky persistence [in inflation] coming through at the moment. That is the judgment we have to keep coming back to.”...
...Last week’s deal created an “emergency brake” for a variety of food products....
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